Logitech G900 Chaos Spectrum Mouse Review

Performance

The wireless dongle fits right into your PC, but if you really wanted to, you can plug it into the end of the charging cable to give you more reach. We doubt you’ll need to, but if your desk is lined with lead, it could come in handy.

While the mouse can be used wirelessly, you can use it in USB mode; this is handy for the times you need to charge, but don’t want to stop using the mouse.

Logitech has won praise from us in the past for their fantastic desktop software, so we’re happy to see it’s back for their latest gaming mouse. The G900 is easily configured from the software, but you can also control any new Logitech peripheral from within the same application.

With five onboard profiles, you can store all button configurations, sensor settings, lighting, macros, etc. directly to the mouse, so if you travel to gaming events or use your mouse on multiple systems, you won’t have to worry about taking the software with you.

The lighting on the G logo at the back, as well as the three smaller RGB lights behind the scrollwheel can all be customised to any colour and with a few effects to suit your taste.

Being a wireless mouse, battery life is very important. Logitech says you’ll get 32 hours from this mouse, which is incredible. This is thanks to their auto adjusting performance settings that slow report rates and other features when the mouse is inactive to save power. As soon as you move the mouse, it goes back to full performance again without you even noticing. What’s also cool is the mouse has a breakdown of how much power each feature is using, helping you better optimise your settings to suit your needs.

Three of the most popular Logitech mats are already pre-set in the software, but you can quickly scan and configure your own gaming surface to get optimal performance.

This is certainly something you should do as it will ensure the sensor is operating as smoothly as possible on your surface of choice.

Playing around with the RGB lighting is nice and simple, giving us some vivid and rich colours on the mouse.

The ergonomics on this mouse are really nice, it’s comfortable to hold and feels nicely balanced in your hand. It glides perfectly on soft cloth, hard mat and even aluminium gaming surfaces and the lightweight design is great for precision control, twitch shooters, and also helps reduce fatigue after a long gaming sessions.

The button configuration is great too, and while you can change the side buttons to left or right, I personally prefer having buttons on both sides as it gives you even more room for extra macro functions; great for MMO and MOBA style gaming.

The switches are flawless too, with a well-defined click and a snappy response rate that’s great for work and gaming.

Despite the ultra-lightweight design, the whole thing still feels rigid and even frantic clicking doesn’t pose any issues to the performance. Nothing wobbles or squeaks, everything is locked firmly in place and it’s clear that Logitech has put a lot of effort into the build and design.

Equipped with one of the best sensors on the market, and following in the footsteps of the already fantastic G502 gaming mouse, the G900 needs to deliver flawless results. Fortunately, it does just that and as you can see, the sensor offers up silky smooth performance across the entire DPI range; we even tested it from a range of 15 feet and still got flawless results.

What’s really incredible is that even at the extreme end of the DPI range, the sensor is still pixel perfect. Even more so, is how much control and precision you can still achieve due to the lightweight design, you can make tiny adjustments with confidence even at 12,000 DPI; easily the best sensor performance I’ve ever seen.

Logitech claims that the wireless performance on this mouse is faster than virtually any other mouse on the market, wired or wireless. Of course, we don’t have the equipment to test with that level of precision, but I’m confident that Logitech is being true to their word. I’m no pro-gamer, but I tested my own response rates on The Human Benchmark using my own mouse, a Roccat Tyon (wired) and the G900 (wireless). The results are too close to call, but the G900 did perform a tiny bit better, and that’s obviously no bad thing.